Re: Using a logical Or in the function definition
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- Subject: [mg86724] Re: [mg86687] Using a logical Or in the function definition
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:26:46 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
ior[x_] := (Head[x] == Integer) || (Head[x] == Rational); ab[r_?(ior[#] &), s_?(ior[#] &)] := r/s Bob Hanlon ---- "ahallam at iastate.edu" <ahallam at iastate.edu> wrote: > I would like to use Or in the function definition as in > > ab[ Or[r_Integer,r_Rational], Or[s_Integer,s_Rational] ]:=r/s; > > In other words, I want the function to take integers or ratios of > integers as arguments, but not real numbers which are not rational. > > But if I give the function integer arguments, it does not evaluate. > > If I try > > ar[ r_Integer , Or[s_Integer , s_Rational]] := r/s; > > and give an integer first argument it works and so on. >